1 Council Cottages, Cuckfield Lane, Warninglid, Haywards Heath, RH17 5UB

1 Council Cottages is a semi-detached house in Warninglid, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 5UB). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (September 2017) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2015); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 64), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in December 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £486,000 sits 235.2% above the 2000 sale of £145,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£132/sq ft) was about 61.8% below the postcode norm. At 102 m² it sits well below the postcode median (147 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2017.